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Janet Maslin writes that the film has "the warm glow of a hazelnut coffee commercial" (the New York Times ). Despite the fromage factor, great performances by Wright Penn and Paul Newman--who plays Costner's father "with the relaxed confidence of Michael Jordan shooting free throws in your driveway" (Roger Ebert, the Chicago Sun-Times )--make the film tolerable.
Woody Allen's documentary-style film about fictional '30s jazz guitarist Emmett Ray (played by Sean Penn) is "a likable, lively little ditty" (David Ansen, Newsweek ) that doesn't add up to much, but makes for a welcome change of pace from Allen's recent work.
Deemed particularly offensive are the skewed camera angles and choppy editing--"the Big Fat Over-Produced and Over-Directed Oliver Stone treatment" (Stephen Hunter, the Washington Post ). The plot--which has Sean Penn stranded in a bizarre desert town and caught between a real-estate mogul (Nick Nolte) and his stepdaughter/wife (Jennifer Lopez), each of whom asks him to murder the other--is called "a primer in hard-boiled clichés" (Mike Clark, USA Today ). Exempted from the general drubbing is Billy Bob Thornton's funny turn as an unhygienic redneck mechanic.
A tenth went to Penn and Schoen, and another tenth went to Sheinkopf.
This group was composed of Bob Squier and Bill Knapp, who did the actual station buys; Hank Sheinkopf and Marius Penczner, who collaborated with Knapp in producing the spots; the pollsters Penn and Schoen; and Morris himself.